Carpet-beater.



Patented Dec. 2, |902,

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CARPET `HEATER.

(Application filed Apr. 22, 1902.)

no. 7|4,9o7.

ms sus not Pnmo'urno.. wAsHmoToN u UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN B. HOLDER, OF LANSING, MICHIGAN.

CARPET-BEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 714,907, dated December 2, 1902.

Application filed. April 22, 1902.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN B. HOLDER, residing at Lansing, in the State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Beaters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to beaters for carpets.

The object of the invention is to produce a carpet-beater composed principally of Wire and having the wire so connected to a handle and so supported as to be very strong, while flexible and serviceable.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of Jthe carpetbeater complete. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the wire-supporting plate. Fig. 3 is a View of a tie-clip.

The handle A may be of Wood or other maierial and is of convenient form to aord a handheld. This handle is perforated, preferably, from end to end, so that the two ends of the wire B may enter the handle and be there secured. The wire B is bent into two loops, bights, or turns C C, and the central portion of the wire extends back nearly to the handle and has a return-bend D near the handle.

A plate E, preferably a flat piece of steel, has four perforations F F F F. The wire B passes through these holes, the outer turns of the loops passing through the exterior holes and the return-bend passing through the interior holes and lying close to the plate, as indicated in Fig. 1. The wire thus forms'two ilat loops or bights, arranged side by side, the outer turns and the return-bend being supported by the plate E. The loops are thus controlled as to their spread by the distance apart of the holes in plate E. The plate E has two notches G G at opposite sides of its mid-length.` Awire H in form of a staple has its ends secured in the handle and its central portion looped around plate E and lying in the notches G in said plate. The plate E is Serial No. 104,102. (No model.)

thus firmly held to the handle, and the wires next the plate brace each other, as well as hold the plate firmly in its proper relation to the handle.

The adjacent wires of the fiat loops C may be held together when desirable. A convenient means for holding them is a small metallic clip K, having its ends turned over the wires. Other means for holding the loops fast to each other may be used. The position of the clip or fastening K to some extent determines the resilience of the loops of wire, as they are stiffer when secured together. By sliding the clip along on the wires theflexibility of the wires may also be regulated, as a bunch of wires bound together is stier than the same number of wires held loosely.

The beater is used as a whip to beat out dust, dac., as usual with beaters of this class.

My improvement lies in the particular construction of the device, as claimed.

What I claim is l. A carpet-beater composed essentially of a handle and two bows or loops formed from a single piece of wire, the ends of the wire held in the handle, and the turns of the wire and return-bend all supported by a perforated plate near the handle, the bights of the wire passing through holes in the plate, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a carpet-beater, of a handle, two bows or loops formed of a single wire having the ends secured in the handle and having a central return-bend, a perforated plate having holes through which all the bights of the wire pass, and a plate-supporting staple having its center looped over the said plate and its ends secured in the handle.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN B. HOLDER.

Witnesses:

GEO. F. GILLAM, A. TOMBLOM. 

